Public Notice
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0075078 Wilkes County Airport WWTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings , or by calling (919) 707-3601. The County of Wilkes has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0075078 for the Wilkes County Airport WWTP (640 Wood Wallace Drive, North Wilkesboro). This permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Rock Creek in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently ammonia nitrogen, fecal coliform and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of Rock Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Wilkes Journal-Patriot on 9/14/23.)

Send Comments To:
NCDEQ-DWR
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Comment Period Ends: 10/16/23.